Scenic railway and carousel.



W. TITTLE.

SCENIC RAILWAY AND CAROUSEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. I916.

Patented June 20, 1916-.

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W. TITTLE.

SCENIC RAILWAY AND CAROUSEL.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (20., WASHINGTON, n. c.

Patented June 20, 1916.

W. TITTLE.

SCENIC RAiLWAY AND CAROUSEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1916.

1,1885% 16. Patented June 20,1916,

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'SCENIC RAILWAY AND CAROUSEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21), 191 8.

Application filed February 25, 1916. Serial No. 80,365.

composed of a track on which cars may be run in a circuitous ascendingand descending course, provision being made for retalning the cars withcomparative surety and safety on the track.

The invention consists also of means for coupling or connecting the carscausing them to preserve the distances apart, and preventing collisionsthereof.

It consists also of details of construction as will be hereinafter setforth.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, as long asthey are included in the scope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a scenic railway and carouselembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a partial elevation and apartial transverse section thereof on line a9"ac Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents a side elevation thereof on a reduced scale. Fig. 4represents a partial elevation, and a partial transverse section thereofon line Q y Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a top or plan view of a detachedportion on the scale of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 represents a side'elevation of adetached portion on a reduced scale. Fig. 7 represents a perspectiveview of a por tion of the coupling employed for the cars. Fig. 8represents a longitudinal section of a portion of said coupling. Fig. 9represents a perspective view of a portion of said coupling in separatedcondition.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an endless track which is formedof rails 2, whose course is circuitous, as'shown in Fig. 1, andascending and descending in its vertical direction, as shown in Fig. 2,said rails being bolted or otherwise firmly secured to the trusses 3, onwhose upper portions are the shouldered chairs 4: on which said railsare rested, said trusses being supported at intervals on the columns 5,on a suitable road bed, said columns being firmly anchored on thelatter.

6 designates cars or chariots whose wheels 7 are on the rails 2, so asto run thereon, said cars having also secured to them the hangers 8,which have thereon the axles or bearings 9, for the guide rollersorwheels, 10, which are adapted to run on the underside of the rails 2.

Aside of the track and conforming to the course of therails thereof isthe platform 11, from which passengers may enter the cars or chariots 6and to which the passengers may alight therefrom, said platform beingsupported by the beams 12 or other suitable structures which areconnected with the trusses 3.

Mounted on and rising from the trusses 3 are the trusses 13 which areconnected by the braces 14:. Journaled on said trusses 3 are thehorizontally arranged grooved pulleys 15 the members of the pairs ofwhich are separated to receive between them the coupling devices 16 foradjacent cars, said device consisting of the flexible cable 17, and theseries of separate collars or thimbles l8 thereon, said collars being incontact forming an articulated incasement for said cable and serving asspacing stops to preserve the position of the cars one from the other,and prevent them from crowding each other or engaging in collision.

The coupling device is connected with the cars by semi-cylindricalcollars 19 on the brackets 20, said collars forming recesses in whichthe "cable is seated and clamped, said bracket vbeing constructed ofseparate bars 21 and 22, and bolts 23 connecting the same, said bracketdepending from ears 24: and being connected with the latter by the bolts25, said ears being secured in suitable manner to the floors or runninggears of the cars.

Any suitable power may be employed to propel the cars, such as anelectric motor in either car, and form a circuit with a third rail, orother electric system along the track 1. It will be seen that when thecars are started they traverse the track running 011 the rails 2 and sofollow the circuitous and ascending and descending course of the same,the flanges of the wheels of said cars, and the supplementary wheels orrollers 10 serving to guide the wheels on the rails and keep themthereon with an apparent degree lit) i' of safety. {It will be seenalsothat as the cars are coupled by the cable they run in unison and areproperly spaced apart by the collars 18 on said cable, the collarsrunning between thepulleys 15, and serving to preserve the establisheddistance apart of the cars, and preventing them from colliding orclosing on each other.

Access is had to the lower levels of the platform .by'the steps 26 whichascend from the road bed to the said platform and so direct thepassengers to the cars at said levels.

The conductors can'alight from the cars on the lower levels and mountthereat, a car following for collection'of fares or other purposes: Inthe course of the track is a grotto tunnel or other object as at 27through which the cars may run. The lower levels ofthetracks aresupported on the trusses 13 which rest on the road bed while theascending and higher levels of said tracks have the supporting trussesrise from the said cable, and clamping means adapted to embrace thecable between said incasement means.

52. A circuitous undulatory track, cars having wheels to travel thereon,guiding means carried by the car and engaging the under side of saidtrack, a flexible cable,

means thereon forming an incasement for said cable, a bracket formed insections detacha'bly secured together, and "clamping meanson saidbracket adapted to embrace the cable between said incasement means.

7 3; Ai circuitous undulatory track, cars Co lie: 6: this patent may beobtained for having wheels adapted to travel thereon, guiding meanscarried by the car and engaging the under side of said track, a flexiblecable, a series of collars thereon forming an incasement for said cable,a bracket and semi-cylindrical collars on the bracket embracing thecable between adjacent collars of said incasement.

4. A circuitous undulatory track, cars having wheels adapted to travelthereon, guiding means carried by the car and engaging the under side ofsaid track, a flexible cable, a series of collars thereon forming anincasement for said cable, a bracket and semi-cylindrical collars on thebracket embracing the cable between adjacent collars of said incasement,said bracket being formed in sections detachably secured together.

5. In an amusement device of the character stated, a wheeled car, acircuitous undulatory track therefor, a platform adjacent said track, asupporting column, truss-like members carried thereby for supporting thetrack at the diiferent levels thereof, braced trusses extended upwardlyand inwardly from said members to support cable-guiding means and trussmembers supported by said truss-like members and in turn supporting theplatform.

6. In an amusement device of the character stated, a circuitous trackhaving undulatory portions, a column, outwardly extended trussessupported thereby, intermediate trusses and braces supported by theWALTER TIT'ILE.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, N. Bussnvenn.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner 01' Intel, Washington,D. C.

